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E! Entertainment
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Commissioning round-up: Insight, Vice link for jail sport series; E! orders Rhode Island reality; BET prepares for ‘Sacrifice’
Insight TV coproduces in jail with Vice Netherlands-based 4K broadcaster and producer Insight TV is…
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GSN exec exits for E! development role
GSN exec Amy Introcaso-Davis has joined NBCUniversal (NBCU)-owned cable channel E! Entertainment. She is leaving…
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Sovereign drama
Top drama producers tell Jesse Whittock about the small screen’s enduring fascination with royalty. The…
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NBCU shutters linear Esquire Network
NBCUniversal has pulled the plug on the linear feed of its US lifestyle cable channel…
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TLC taps former ABC exec
US cable channel TLC has hired former ABC development executive Jason Sarlanis. He will work…
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Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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USA originals chief to exit, scores UCP deal
USA Networks executive VP, original programming Jackie de Crinis is stepping down to take an…
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Discovery hires HuffPo video chief
Discovery Digital Networks has hired the senior VP and general manager of video at online…
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NBCU hands Stotsky E! president post
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment has handed Esquire Network president Adam Stotsky control of celebrity-focused channel E!….
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E!’s Caitlyn Jenner series named
New details of the much-anticipated E! Entertainment doc series featuring Caitlyn Jenner have emerged. The…
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E! to document Bruce Jenner transition
Comcast’s channel E! Entertainment will document American celebrity Bruce Jenner’s transition to a transgender woman….
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Discovery, TV4 bag GRB titles
Discovery Networks and TV4 in Sweden are among buyers of programming from LA-based GRB Entertainment….
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Regal ambitions
Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…
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YouTube star lands E! comedy talk show
A YouTube star with more than two million subscribers will host a comedy talk show…
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Liz Hurley British Royal family show is E!’s first scripted original
US pop culture channel E! Entertainment has ordered an original drama starring Elizabeth Hurley as…
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ProSieben hands former Sky, Lovefilm exec digital role
Lesley Mackenzie, the former group digital officer of streaming site Lovefilm, has landed a role…
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Universal Channel to go live in Germany
NBCUniversal International Television’s channels division is set to launch its flagship pay-TV brand Universal Channel…
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Record audience figures swing Sky Deutschland to profit
German pay TV platform Sky Deutschland said it reached record audience levels in Q1 2013,…
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The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media
Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the…
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NBC closing international channels and cutting jobs
NBC Universal is closing several of its international channels and has placed a group of…